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Sunday, April 13, 2008
Francisco Liriano’s return to the Major Leagues wasn’t exactly reminiscent of the pitcher who dominated the league in 2006 as a rookie.
The left-hander looked much more human in his first start back following a 19-month layoff due to Tommy John elbow ligament replacement surgery, giving up four runs over 4 2/3 innings in a 5-1 loss to the Royals on Sunday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium.
Liriano was effective at times in his start, but the Royals were able to scatter six hits and drew a total of five walks. He threw a total of 90 pitches in the outing, 51 for strikes.
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The Twins managed just three hits off Bannister, who went the distance.
I realize this is an early, not final version, of the game story for the Twins site, but “oh, by the way, Brian Bannister threw a three-hitter” being buried as the last line of the article gave me a chuckle.
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Posted: April 13, 2008 at 10:01 PM | 10 comment(s)
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1. Esoteric Posted: April 13, 2008 at 10:10 PM (#2742395)It IS "safer", but, hmmmm, well I gotta see a bit more.... You always wonder what changes like this can do. I guess we'll find out. Can't do it, MUST write reports.
Well, the Twins were stupid enough to bring him up to start today. WTF were they thinking? Yes, it's unlikely the Twins would have won no matter who was pitching (3-hitters do that to you), but I think it's safe to say that today proves that Liriano isn't ready yet to be a dominant starter in the Majors again.
I think that stems from that he's not getting his elbow nearly as high in the arm action. It's still getting a wee bit above shoulder but not like this:
http://tiger.towson.edu/~rhurd1/images/Liriano 8x10.jpg
Makes sense to me, the guy has more than enough off-speed stuff to succeed at 90-94 so you might as well move to safer mechanics. Is he going to be the 2.16 ERA 11 K/9 guy? Nope. But he'll be far more likely to stay on the field...just getting in that position in the picture makes my arm hurt.
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